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(66,569 posts) Sat May 10, 2025, 02:45 PM May 10

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What can I do with my mother's mink stole from the 1960s-early 60s?? [View all]

It's in an off-season clothes closet and I ran across it yesterday, having forgotten I still had it.

It is silk lined and embossed with her initials. I feel as if I have been entrusted with it in memory of her. I do have a Goodwill store near me and I'm thinking of putting in there but would anybody even want it?

If it has any value I could give it to my housekeeper who might find a buyer or cut it up and fashion it in some way.

You input would be greatly appreciated.

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What can I do with my mother's mink stole from the 1960s-early 60s?? [View all] CTyankee May 10 OP

Give it a proper burial? Marcuse May 10 #1

This is the best suggestion JoseBalow May 10 #12

That was the first thing that I thought of too. Bury it really deep to delay methane emissions for a while. FadedMullet May 10 #26

kitty bed quaint May 10 #2

My sister took my mother's mgardener May 10 #3

Thanks. I'll check with my housekeeper next week and if she doesn't want it I'll take it Goodwill. CTyankee May 10 #5

Some people buy them because they like vintage clothing, so Goodwill might be a good place to donate. Vinca May 10 #4

I doubt that it was by a top designer, but your point is well taken. CTyankee May 10 #7

Some ideas... Tanuki May 10 #6

I like the teddy bears as a "cherished memory" ! Hekate May 11 #34

Keep it, as 'memory.' elleng May 10 #8

I'm going to give my grandkids a crack at it. CTyankee May 10 #13

When my great-aunt died somehow I ended up yorkster May 10 #9

First, check that it's in usable shape. LisaM May 10 #10

Yes, it is in fine shape. CTyankee May 10 #11

Donate it to a local community theater. They will add it to costume department. FloridaBlues May 10 #14

As already suggested in posts 10 and 14, give it to an amateur theater group... 3catwoman3 May 10 #15

I doubt Yale Drama School would want/need it but I have a another New Haven college I could give it to.... CTyankee May 10 #16

Give it to your housekeeper. She could sell it online. applegrove May 10 #17

I donated all of my old clothes (from Grandma and others in the past) to a local clothing shop that outfitted SWBTATTReg May 10 #18

Not sure you can see these things as anything but a relic from past practices of wearing an animal's skin and fur that CTyankee May 10 #20

And you think that the things I had donated somehow were actually fur? What gave you that idea? My grandma was SWBTATTReg May 10 #23

Sorry, I mistakenly thought your post somehow had that connection to fur and that was what I had on my mind when I CTyankee May 10 #30

Release it back into the wild Bayard May 10 #19

I actually could do that but I wouldn't since it was my mother's. CTyankee May 10 #21

.... Bayard May 10 #22

I have a friend who collects and wears them. Phoenix61 May 10 #24

Donate it to an animal shelter. flvegan May 10 #25

AWW, newborn kittens in mink fur! Sweet image! I love it! CTyankee May 10 #31

Offer it to a high school drama club. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 10 #27

Agreedf. soldierant May 10 #32

Sell it to a vintage kacekwl May 10 #28

We have an actual store not far from here. underpants May 10 #29

my cousin gave me a really nice stole. too pretty. i ebayed it. i got pelts from an estate sale(bag of faces-cat toys) pansypoo53219 May 11 #33

I like Tanuki's teddy bear idea best of all 💕 Hekate May 11 #35

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